MCAT biology ch.1 the cell

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how many cells are in the human body, and what do they do

37 trillion, create tissues from which organs form

bacteria outnumber what about 10 to 1

eukaryotic cells

who assembled a crude compound microscope and tested on cork.

1665, Robert hooke

hooke's law for elastic potential

u=1/2Kx^2 or F=Kx

who was the 1st person to view a living cell under a microscope

1674, anton van lee

tissues are made of

cells

who demonstrated that diseased cells could arise from normal cells in normal tissues?

1850, Rudolph virchow

whats the 1st cell theory

all living things are composed of cells

whats the 2nd cell theory

the cell is the basic functional unit of life

whats the 3rd cell theory

cells arise only from preexisting cells

whats the 4th cell theory

cells carry DNA